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Post by travisfickle on Oct 10, 2006 9:51:30 GMT -1
Saw it yesterday.
Must say I went to the cinema with high expectations, reviews had been good and it was Martin Scorsese returning to his specialist area, organised crime.
First impressions were very favourable, within the first five minutes I'd witnessed an execution and heard a Stones track, so far, so Goodfellas, Casino, Mean Streets.
However, as good as the acting was (even Mark Wahlberg), The Departed didn't seem to have the edge of these earlier films. It also lacked the pace of his past crime movies, at 150 minutes, there are times when the film drags. In comparison, Goodfellas which is only 10 minutes shorter, and Casino which runs for an extra 20 minutes both seem to fly by. I think for once Scorsese could've edited out half an hour of material and made a better movie.
That said, it's still an entertaining film and well worth seeing. It's just that by Scorsese's sky high past standards, it's not what I'd call exceptional.
7/10
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Post by Arnold on Oct 10, 2006 14:25:57 GMT -1
Cheers for the review. I will download it later ;D
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Post by travisfickle on Oct 10, 2006 14:46:37 GMT -1
Cheers for the review. I will download it later ;D I dunno Arnie, you should be supporting the Hollywood studios. They're not made of money you know!!
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Post by ESR on Oct 10, 2006 15:49:21 GMT -1
Heard good things about it, so hopefully I'll be watching it at some point in the near future
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